IT IS WITH DISTINCT PLEASURE THAT WORLD DANCE AMERICA IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT ITS INAUGURAL ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING WAS HELD IN ONE OF THE WORLDS LEADING RESORTS, THE FIESTA AMERICANA GRAND CORAL BEACH, IN CANCUN, MEXICO, APRIL 2009.

REPRESENTED AT THIS HISTORIC EVENT WERE TWENTY TWO COUNTRIES FROM SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN ISLANDS, AND NORTH AMERICA, WITH ATTENDEES FROM THE LATINO AMERICAN WORLD DANCE SPORT COUNCIL, THE CANADIAN DANCESPORT FEDERATION, AND DANCESPORT AMERICA, AS WELL AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NATIONAL DANCE COUNCIL OF AMERICA.

WITH THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, WHICH WAS BROADCAST LIVE ON FOX SPORTS TV TO FORTY THREE COUNTRIES DURING THE TELECAST OF THE MEXICO OPEN DANCE SPORT CHAMPIONSHIPS, THE INITIAL VISION OF WORLD DANCE AMERICA HAS BECOME A REALITY. PLANS HAVE ALREADY BEEN FINALIZED TO INTRODUCE THE AMERICAS DANCESPORT SERIES IN ALL DIVISIONS, AND COMMISSIONS HAVE BEEN APPOINTED FOR COMPETITORS, JUDGES, ORGANIZERS, TRAINERS & COACHES, AND GOVERNMENTAL DANCE SPORT DEPARTMENTS.

THE MEMBERS OF WORLD DANCE AMERICA WISH TO THANK THE HOST OF THIS HISTORIC MEETING, MR. CARLOS GUTIERREZ JR., PRESIDENT OF THE LATINO AMERICAN WORLD DANCE SPORT COUNCIL, A FOUNDING MEMBER OF WORLD DANCE AMERICA, FOR HIS GRACIOUS HOSPITALITY, AND TO CONGRATULATE HIM ON THE OUTSTANDING SUCCESS OF THE MEXICO OPEN DANCE SPORT CHAMPIONSHIPS.